New Classic LA is a website engaged with the avant garde music scene in Los Angeles.
Founded in 2011 by Nick Norton and now run by Richard An, we feature concert reviews, interviews with artists, and a calendar of events we think our readers will be interested in.
New Classic LA, as a project of Equal Sound, enjoys 501(c) 3 nonprofit status. Please consider supporting our work with a donation.
Upcoming Concerts
- Tuesday, October 13 2026
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Oracle Egg: Nat Evans — What Are Days For album release
Oracle Egg, 939 Maple Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90015
8:00 PMNat Evans performs What Are Days For in full, with opening support from Cassia Streb, Tim Feeney, Melissa Achten, and Eli Klausner. Doors 7:30pm; performance 8:00pm.
Event information and tickets: https://www.oracleegg.com/calendar/nat-evans-album-release
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Tuesdays @ Monk Space: Matt McBane — Works for Synthesizers and Strings
Monk Space, 4414 W. 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90004
8:00 PMMatt McBane performs new music for synthesizers and strings with Betsy Rettig, cello, and Ian Dicke, synthesizer.
Event information and tickets: https://brightworknewmusic.com/event/tms-matt-mcbane-works-for-synthesizers-and-strings/
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- Thursday, October 15 2026
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Best of Woodstock and Monterey '67: A Back to the Garden Story Concert
Smothers Theatre
7:30 PMThursday, October 15, 2026 • 7:30 PM
Celebrating two landmark music festivals of the ’60s: Monterey ’67 kicked off the "Summer of Love" with performances by Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Byrds, Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, and the Grateful Dead. In 1969 more than 400,000 people gathered in Woodstock, New York, for the legendary “Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” featuring Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Janis Joplin, Santana, and The Who.
Now Back to the Garden bring their signature "story concert" treatment to these legendary moments in music history: note-for-note recreations of the music sprinkled with stories and images of the era that made the ’60s such a magical time.
https://arts.pepperdine.edu/events/2026-2027-season/back-to-the-garden-26.htm
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